Mumbai Police claims Bollywood rapper Badshah paid Rs 75 lakh for advertisement, singer denies charges

Rapper Badshah was summoned by the Mumbai Police in fake social media followers case, but he has categorically denied the charge.

MUMBAI: Two days after Bollywood rapper Badshah was summoned by the Mumbai Crime Branch for questioning regarding the fake social media followers case, the police sources claimed that he has reportedly confessed to having paid a whopping amount of Rs 75 lakh for the advertisement of his single 'Pagal Hai'.

Zee News contacted Badshah's on Saturday evening and later his team issued a statement in which Badshah categorically denied the charges. The singer's statement claimed that he has never been involved in such practices and is cooperating with Mumbai Police. Below is his official statement regarding the controversy.

Mumbai Police Crime Branch is also investigating if the amount allegedly paid by Badshah to the advertising agency was about to get fake followers or for some other services. Zee News has all the details and documents regarding the case being investigated by Mumbai Police.

Badshah has been summoned on Monday (August 10, 2020) too. He had previously claimed that the song garnered 7.5 crore views in a day, making a world record. However, Google denied the tall claim.

The crime branch has sought a list of all his followers from the rapper. Badshah happens to be the first Bollywood celebrity to be summoned by the crime branch in relation to the fake followers' scam.

Sometime back, the Mumbai Police had busted the social media fake followers racket and several Bollywood celebrities, sports personalities and some high profile builders were alleged to be guilty of buying followers.

The matter came to light after Bollywood singer Bhumi Trivedi found a fake profile of hers on social media.

In the investigation so far, Mumbai Police have found a few Bollywood celebrities, sports personalities and as many as 176 high profile people who have allegedly paid to get followers.